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防災庁
A national government agency placed in the Cabinet (内閣) by the Act for Establishment of the Disaster Management Agency (防災庁設置法, Act No. 61 of 2026) (Article 2). Its tasks are to as…
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Disaster Management Agency, Arts. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and Basic Act on Disaster Management, Art. 2-2 as a reference.
The national administrative organs the Prime Minister designates from among the Cabinet Office (内閣府), the Imperial Household Agency, the Digital Agency, the Disaster Management Agency, the ministries, commissions and agencies, and the councils, facilities, special organs and other bodies set up under them.
次に掲げる機関で内閣総理大臣が指定するもの
The organs of the national government this Act covers: bodies placed in the Cabinet (内閣) under an Act (法律), other than the Cabinet Office (内閣府) and the Disaster Management Agency (防災庁), and bodies placed under the Cabinet's jurisdiction; the Cabinet Office, the Imperial Household Agency (宮内庁) and the bodies provided for in Article 49, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office; the Disaster Management Agency; the bodies provided for in Article 3, paragraph (2) of the National Government Organization Act; the bodies under Articles 39, 40, 55 and 56 of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office, Article 16, paragraph (2) of the Imperial Household Agency Act and Articles 8-2 and 8-3 of the National Government Organization Act, and the facility organs (施設等機関) under Article 15 of the Act that set up the Disaster Management Agency, that a Cabinet Order (政令) names, each counted as an organ of its own; and the Board of Audit (会計検査院).
次に掲げる機関
The following bodies: the Cabinet Office (内閣府), the Imperial Household Agency (宮内庁), the commissions and agencies placed within it under Article 49, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office, the Digital Agency (デジタル庁), the Disaster Management Agency (防災庁), the ministries, commissions and agencies provided for in Article 3, paragraph (2) of the National Government Organization Act, the bodies placed under the Cabinet's jurisdiction (内閣の所轄) by an Act (法律), the bodies placed within any of these, and officials of these bodies whom an Act allows to exercise authority independently; and the organs of local governments (地方公共団体) other than their assemblies (議会). Until the Reconstruction Agency (復興庁) is abolished, Article 3, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of the Act that set up that Agency (Act No. 125 of 2011) reads the list with the Reconstruction Agency added after the Digital Agency.
次に掲げる機関
A disaster smaller than an extraordinary disaster (非常災害) that puts people's lives or bodies in imminent danger and for which, given the state of the area and other circumstances, there is found to be a special need to push forward emergency disaster control measures; the Prime Minister may set up a specified disaster management headquarters in the Disaster Management Agency for it.
In Article 33-2, a corporation, or another body a Disaster Management Agency Order treats alike, that helps the State and local governments support disaster victims through work such as running shelters, providing meals and drinking water, supplying clothing and bedding, emergency house repairs and clearing debris, counselling and informing victims, and coordinating volunteers.
自衛隊の部隊等の長
In Article 64, the head of a unit or other formation of the Self-Defense Forces under Article 8 of the Self-Defense Forces Act, as a Disaster Management Agency Order specifies, to whom structures and objects removed by Self-Defense Forces personnel and others are handed for storage.
In Article 86-15, information on whether the victims of a disaster are safe, about which a prefectural governor or the mayor of a municipality may answer inquiries.
In Article 5 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 62 of 2026, the National Disaster Management Council placed in the Disaster Management Agency under Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management as amended by Article 8 of that Act, which the council placed in the Cabinet Office (内閣府) becomes, carrying on as the same body.
In Article 5 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 62 of 2026, the National Disaster Management Council placed in the Cabinet Office (内閣府) under Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management as it stood before Article 8 of that Act amended it, which carries on as the same body as the council placed in the Disaster Management Agency.
In Article 5 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 62 of 2026, the specified disaster management headquarters that may be set up in the Disaster Management Agency under Article 23-3, paragraph (1) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management as amended by Article 8 of that Act, which a headquarters set up in the Cabinet Office (内閣府) when that Act comes into effect becomes, carrying on as the same body.
In Article 5 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 62 of 2026, the headquarters for emergency disaster control that may be set up in the Disaster Management Agency under Article 28-2, paragraph (1) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management as amended by Article 8 of that Act, which a headquarters set up in the Cabinet Office (内閣府) when that Act comes into effect becomes, carrying on as the same body.
In Article 5 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 62 of 2026, the extraordinary disaster management headquarters that may be set up in the Disaster Management Agency under Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management as amended by Article 8 of that Act, which a headquarters set up in the Cabinet Office (内閣府) when that Act comes into effect becomes, carrying on as the same body.
In Article 5 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 62 of 2026, a specified disaster management headquarters set up in the Cabinet Office (内閣府) under Article 23-3, paragraph (1) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management as it stood before Article 8 of that Act amended it, which carries on as the same body as the specified disaster management headquarters that may be set up in the Disaster Management Agency.
In Article 5 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 62 of 2026, a headquarters for emergency disaster control set up in the Cabinet Office (内閣府) under Article 28-2, paragraph (1) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management as it stood before Article 8 of that Act amended it, which carries on as the same body as the headquarters for emergency disaster control that may be set up in the Disaster Management Agency.
In Article 5 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 62 of 2026, an extraordinary disaster management headquarters set up in the Cabinet Office (内閣府) under Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management as it stood before Article 8 of that Act amended it, which carries on as the same body as the extraordinary disaster management headquarters that may be set up in the Disaster Management Agency.